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timdorr ◴[] No.22734024[source]
Any reason or history behind the name? It means "a stupid person", which seems like a bad choice IMHO: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dolt
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1. bobbiechen ◴[] No.22735134[source]
I actually thought at first glance the name was Do-It, which reminds me of this story from Bill Atkinson doing user testing at Apple:

We had a place where we would put up a dialog that would say “Do It”, or “Cancel”, and we’d give somebody a document and say “Here, edit this and save it”, and they’d get to the point where they’re supposed to choose “Do It”, and they’d look a little miffed, and then hit cancel. And we saw that several times, different people.

[...] And when we saw this [in the video recordings], people looking a little miffed and then hitting cancel instead of do it, we turned up the volume and played it back, and [heard them mutter]: “What’s this ‘Dolt’?” I’m no dolt! So I hit cancel”.

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